Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of BritaineHolinshed, Raphael
History
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
by saint Giles without anie increase vntill it come to Thamar. Next of
all it taketh in two brookes not much distant in sunder, whereof the one
commeth in by Glanton, the other from Holsworthie, and both east of
Tamerton, which standeth on the further banke, & other side of the
Thamar, and west northwest of Tedcote, except the quarter deceiue me.
[Sidenote: Thamar.]
Certes, the Thamar it selfe riseth in Summersetshire, about thrée miles
northeast of Hartland, and in maner so crosseth ouer the whole west
countrie betwéene sea and sea, that it leaueth Cornewall, a byland or
peninsula. Being therefore descended from the head, by a tract of six
miles, it commeth to Denborow, Pancrase well, Bridge Reuell, Tamerton,
Tetcote, Luffencote, Boiton, and Wirrington, where it meeteth with a
[Sidenote: Arteie.]
water on the west side called Arteie, that riseth short of Jacobstow.
[Sidenote: Kenseie.]
Two miles in like sort fr[=o] this confluence, we met with the Kenseie,
whose head is short of Warpeston by south east: from whence it goeth by
Treneglos, Tremone, Tresmure, Trewen, Lanston, and so into the Thamar,
that runneth from hence by Lowwhitton vnto Bradston, and going on toward
Dunterton, taketh in a rill from south Pitherwijc, and by Lesant;
[Sidenote: Enian.]
beneath Dunterton also it crosseth the Enian. This riuer riseth at
Dauidston, and directeth his race by saint Clethir, Lancast, and
Trelaske first; and then vnder sundrie bridges, vntill it méet with the
Thamar. From hence also the Thamar goeth by Siddenham to Calstocke
bridge, Calstocke towne, Clifton, Cargreue (there abouts taking in a
créeke aboue Landilip) and running on from thence, hasteth toward
[Sidenote: Liuer.]
Saltash, where it receiueth the Liuer water. The head of Liuer is about
Broomwellie hill, from whence it goeth on to North hill, Lekenhorne,
South hill, and taking in a rill by east (from aboue Kellington) it
runneth on to Newton, Pillaton, Wootton, Blosfleming, saint Erne, and
beneath this village crosseth a rillet that runneth thither from Bicton
by Quithiocke, saint Germans, and Sheuiocke. But to procéed. After the
confluence, it goeth betweene Erlie and Fro Martine castell, and soone
after taking in a rill from by north, that passeth west of saint
Steuens, it is not long yer it fall into the Thamar, which after this
(receiuing the Milbrooke creeke) goeth on by Edgecombe, and betwéene
saint Michaels Ile and Ridden point into the maine sea. And thus haue I
finished the description of Plimmouth water, and all such falles as are
betwéene Newston rocke on the east side, and the Ram head on the other.
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